I'm Lucky In Having Found The Perfect

Around The Time I Turned 30, I Wanted To Publish A Novel

There Is No Frigate Like A Book And No Harbor Like A Library, Where Those Who Love Books But Can't Afford Their Own Complete Collections, Or Those Who Need A Computer, Or Kids Who Need A Safe Place To Read After School, Or Moms With Toddlers Who Want Their Babies To Learn To Read, Can All Come Together And Share In A Great Community Resource.

Organizer Is Kind Of A Grand Term For What I Was Doing. I Answered An Ad That The Presbyterian Church Of Chicago Put Up On College Campuses. I Was At The University Of Kansas, And It's Somewhat Relevant To My Life And Work That I'm A Jew. But They Weren't Doing A Religious Litmus Test. They Wanted Energetic, Civil-rights-committed College Students To Come Help Them Run Some Summer Programs.

I Cannot Find Words To Express The Depth Of My Loss Or Outrage About What's Happening To This Country. I Don't Know If I Can Find The Words For It, But If This Country Ever Recovers, It Will Not Be In My Lifetime. If I Were Elected President, The First Thing I Would Do Would Be To Set Up A Department Of Restoring The Bill Of Rights. I Would Have 10,000 People Working There.

I Had Wanted To Write Ghost Country For A Long Time, But It Wouldn't Work.